Anne of Geierstein Or, The Maiden of the Mist. Volume 2 (of 2)

Anne of Geierstein; Or, The Maiden of the Mist. Volume 2 (of 2)

1st Carrier. What, ostler!a plague on thee, hast never an eye in thy head? Canst thou not hear? An 'twere not as good a deed as drink to break the pate of thee, I am a very villainCome, and be hangedHast thou no faith in thee? The social spirit peculiar to the French nation had already introduced into the inns of that country the gay and cheerful character of welcome upon which Erasmus, at a later period, dwells with strong emphasis, as a contrast to the saturnine and sullen reception which strangers were apt to meet with at a German caravansera. Philipson was, therefore, in expectation of being received by the busy, civil, and talkative hostby the hostess and her daughter, all softness, coquetry, and gleethe 2 smiling and supple waiterthe officious and dimpled chambermaid. The better inns in France boast also separate rooms, where strangers could change or put in order their dress, where they might sleep without company in their bedroom, and where they could deposit their baggage in privacy and safety. But all these luxuries were as yet unknown in Germany; and in Alsace, where the scene now lies, as well as in the other dependencies of the Empire, they regarded as effeminacy everything beyond such provisions as were absolutely necessary for the supply of the wants of travellers; and even these were coarse and indifferent, and, excepting in the article of wine, sparingly ministered. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 44247
Author: Lang, Andrew
Release Date: Nov 21, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

Illustrator: Los Rios, R. de‏ (Ricardo), 1846-1929